Los Angeles Clippers Articles - Page 174

The LA Clippers will be without a major piece of the puzzle on Sunday evening against the always dangerous San Antonio Spurs. According to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari has been ruled out for the weekend affair due to back spasms. Danilo Gallinari is out today with back spasms. Nothing on Lou […]

The LA Clippers might be playing without two of their best players when they visit the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. According to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, Lou Williams is questionable due to a hamstring injury. Meanwhile, Danilo Gallinari is unlikely to play due to a back issue that has been bothering him ahead of […]

The Golden State Warriors may have thumped the Los Angeles Clippers by 18 points on Friday night, but that didn’t stop Clippers guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from showing Klay Thompson why he is one of the most promising rookies in the league. Check out this spin move from Gilgeous-Alexander that left Thompson in the dust during […]

Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins will make his season debut on Friday against the L.A. Clippers at Staples Center, and head coach Doc Rivers is hoping that Boogie plays “awful.” DeMarcus Cousins tore his Achilles tendon last January while playing with the New Orleans Pelicans. It has been a long and grueling rehab process, […]

A new report has come out about which teams are the most active in trying to add to their rosters, with the Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, and New Orleans Pelicans topping the list. According to Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports, in addition to the aforementioned teams, the LA Clippers, Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn Nets, and Orlando […]

The “John Wick 3” trailer dropped Thursday, and it featured a familiar face to basketball fans: Clippers big man Boban Marjanovic: 🧐🧐🧐@BobanMarjanovic | #JohnWick3 pic.twitter.com/MdKtwCjawL — LA Clippers (@LAClippers) January 17, 2019 As evidenced by the GIF shared by the team, Boban Marjanovic obviously plays a bad guy, where he’s shown giving a flying kick […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said center DeMarcus Cousins is still on track to make his season debut on Friday against the L.A. Clippers, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. A previously-leaked timeline starred Jan. 18 as his return date, two days prior to a showdown against his former team, the New […]

On Monday, L.A. Clippers guard Patrick Beverley messed around when he threw New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis’ shoe to his sideline. Messing with an opposing player’s shoe isn’t unheard of in the NBA. Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade did it in a playoff game, throwing Mike Bibby’s shoe to the sideline after he lost […]

On Saturday, Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin got his revenge on his former team, the Los Angeles Clippers, during his first game back in Staples Center. The 29-year-old dropped a game-high 44 points in front of his former home crowd, and it must have been quite a satisfying win for the former Clipper. As it […]

Detroit Pistons big man Blake Griffin returned to Staples Center to face his former team in the L.A. Clippers Saturday afternoon and the All-Star power forward took care of business. In fact, Griffin was so into the game that he was not allowing himself to get distracted even by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. During shootaround, Ballmer […]

Blake Griffin had a monster performance in the Detroit Pistons’ 109-104 victory over his former team, the L.A. Clippers. He returned to the Clippers’ home floor for the first time since he was shockingly traded to the Pistons last year. Griffin poured in 44 points on 13-of-23 shooting, eight rebounds, and five assists in the […]

Doc Rivers and the L.A Clippers fell to the Detroit Pistons Saturday afternoon after 44 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and three steals from star Blake Griffin. The big man shot 13-of-23 shooting from the field, 5-of-13 from beyond the arc, and 13-of-14 from the free throw line as he led his team to a […]

Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey knows how important Blake Griffin was to the LA Clippers, so he is thankful that the All-Star forward is now in Motor City. The Clippers lost to the Pistons 109-104 at home, thanks to Blake Griffin who undoubtedly came out with the hunger and motivation to win. Griffin, who played […]

The L.A. Clippers fell to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday afternoon, but all eyes were on Blake Griffin, who made his return to Staples Center to face his former team. In 40 minutes of action, Griffin finished with 44 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and three steals on 13-of-23 shooting from the field, 5-of-13 from […]

Philadelphia 76ers small forward Jimmy Butler would reportedly love to play with Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard on the Los Angeles Clippers next season, according to Brandon Robinson of Heavy. Both Butler and Leonard can become unrestricted free agents after this season ends if they decline their 2019-20 player options with their respective teams and […]

Detroit Pistons power forward Blake Griffin returned to Staples Center on Saturday to face off against the Los Angeles Clippers for the first time since the team traded him last season, and the Clippers gave the high-flyer a well-deserved video tribute. Blake Griffin spent the first eight years of his NBA career with the Clippers […]

Los Angeles Clippers fans did not hold back on their feelings for Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin in his first game back against his former team. Much had been made about Griffin’s return to Staples Center to take on the Clippers, and it never seemed to be in doubt that fans would welcome him back […]

The L.A. Clippers and Detroit Pistons are set to play their Saturday afternoon matinee at Staples Center, but it won’t be any ordinary game. Blake Griffin will be making his highly-anticipated return to Staples Center to take on the Clippers for the first time since being shockingly traded away almost a year ago. Ahead of […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers has been an NBA coach for the last 20 seasons. He’s seen many players come and go, good and bad, loud and quiet. But not many NBA players don’t show emotion, whether or anger or pride, in their work on the floor. It’s the end result of success […]

With half of the 2018-19 season on the books, there is a tight race in playoff positioning for both the Eastern and Western Conferences. However, while other teams are being led by a star or two, other teams had to rely on a mixture of young talent and veteran leadership to stay in the postseason […]

The NBA season has been full of surprises so far. The Denver Nuggets are currently number one in the Western Conference with a 27-12 record while the Los Angeles Clippers are fourth, winning 24 of their 40 games so far. What’s more impressive is that both teams were able to achieve winning records without any […]

L.A. Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari is hoping for a pleasant reception at the Mile High City as he approaches his first return to Denver since parting ways with the Nuggets in free agency. Gallinari explained that his top choice was to return to Denver but the chain of events forced his hand to a different […]

ESPN TV analyst Mark Jackson believes the Los Angeles Clippers should retire the jerseys of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan one day. The subject came up when Mark Jackson was talking about how Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said he hopes Jordan’s jersey is retired. Jackson took it a step further and said […]

New York Knicks big man Kristaps Porzingis is set to hit free agency for the first time in his career this coming summer, and even though he is currently sidelined with a torn ACL, there will certainly be a long line of potential suitors for the 23-year-old. However, Porzingis can land a max contract of […]

Before the Los Angeles Clippers drafted Blake Griffin in 2009, they were the butt of every NBA joke imaginable. No one took the Clippers seriously, and it didn’t help that they played in the same city—not to mention under the same roof—as a certain other Los Angeles basketball franchise that has won 16 championships. But […]

After catching fire in the beginning of December, the Dallas Mavericks have slid backwards in the Western Conference. Their 18-22 record places them 14th and last in their division. Thankfully, they are still only 3.5 games out of the playoff picture in a neck and neck West. The real good news for Dallas is that despite […]

The LA Clippers’ incessant pursuit of Kawhi Leonard had the franchise send emissaries from president Lawrence Frank on down to Toronto Raptors games, hoping they would be spotted with their team logo abreast and help persuade him to come to the West Coast and sign with them come free agency. According to Chris Mannix of […]

LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers had been relieved of his front-office duties by the time the organization mulled over a potential trade of a recently re-signed Blake Griffin. Rivers, who held the title of president and head coach, had agreed to keep coaching while Lawrence Frank took the reins in the front office under […]

While he was with the LA Clippers, Blake Griffin never really had the opportunity to truly lead because Chris Paul—not to mention other veterans like Jamal Crawford and Paul Pierce—always took the initiative. Chris Paul, in particular, was with Blake Griffin through all but one of his years with the Clippers and was the unquestioned vocal […]

The way the LA Clippers handled the situation with Blake Griffin from the summer of 2017 through the early months of the 2017-18 NBA campaign was puzzling, to say the least. That offseason, the Clippers had signed Blake Griffin to a massive five-year, $173 million extension, a deal that many saw as an overpay. However, […]

When Blake Griffin signed a monstrous five-year, $173 million contract to remain with the L.A. Clippers during the summer of 2017, he thought he would be a Clipper for life. Little did he know he would be one for about seven more months. At the end of January 2018, the Clippers traded Griffin to the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have long been the face of failure for NBA fans. The franchise has the second lowest win percentage ever (40.3%). Despite this being the team’s 49th season, it has never once won a conference finals. All of that aside, things have started to look better for Los Angeles in recent years. […]

In every era, there are dominant teams that go on championship runs for years at a time. The 1980s had the Boston Celtics with Larry Bird and Los Angeles Lakers with Magic Johnson. Then it went to Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, to Kobe Bryant’s Lakers, to Tim Duncan’s San Antonio Spurs. Then to LeBron James’ […]

ESPN has switched its game for Friday, Jan. 18, as they will now televise the Golden State Warriors taking on the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center. Originally, ESPN was going to show the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Portland Trail Blazers. NBA on ESPN TV schedule change: On Friday, January 18, instead of showing […]

Jimmy Butler saw his night cut short, as he was ejected with 7:01 left in the fourth quarter of a tightly-contested game against the L.A. Clippers, one that would test the Philadelphia 76ers’ toughness and mental fortitude after getting mollywopped by the Portland Trail Blazers right before the end of 2018. Yet the four-time All-Star […]

Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated Montrezl Harrell and the L.A. Clippers on Wednesday night, but the Sixers center had some parting words for the Clippers big man. The New Year’s Day battle saw Embiid finish with 28 points, 19 rebounds, three assists, and three blocked shots in 35 minutes of action. Meanwhile, Harrell […]

Jimmy Butler and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the L.A. Clippers on New Year’s Day, but it didn’t come without fireworks. Butler and Clippers guard Avery Bradley got into a shoving match in the fourth quarter as both were jostling for rebounding position. Bradley shoved Butler lightly, and Butler responded with a two-hand shove at Bradley’s […]

Things got too intense between Jimmy Butler and Avery Bradley during the matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and L.A. Clippers. The incident happened near the halfway mark of the fourth quarter when the Sixers star found himself battling for rebounding position against the Clippers guard. Replay of Avery Bradley and Jimmy Butler’s shoves. #Clippers #Sixers […]

December has been kind to the San Antonio Spurs, who have turned their game up a notch after a slow start to the 2018-19 NBA season. For the Spurs to continue their ascent to the league’s elite, they need to look at possible trades that will ensure that they enter the postseason with a competitive […]